project credits
Since Harpers Ferry National Historical Park's creation in 1944, the National
Park Service has guided all the researching efforts, archeological investigations,
stabilization and rehabilitation of structures, and interpretation of
the island to visitors.

The project team that produced the Cultural Landscape Report for Virginius
Island and guided the initial implementation of the plan from 1992 through
1994 included Maureen DeLay Joseph, ASLA, lead landscape architect; Perry
Carpenter Wheelock, project historian; Deborah Warshaw, project landscape
architect; and Andrew Kriemelmeyer, student intern landscape architect.

An interdisciplinary team of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park staff
and cooperative employees from the University of Maryland (Applied Anthropology
and History Departments) researched and investigated the diverse history
of the island. They include: Archeologist Paul Shackel, John Eddins, Jill
Halchin, Cari Young-Ravenhorst and Eric Larsen; Historians Mary Johnson,
John Barker, Pat Chickering, and Michael Jenkins; and Park Rangers Catherine
Bragaw, Melinda Day, Todd Bolton and David Fox.

Harpers Ferry National Historical Park staff managed the majority of
the projects which included the assistance of Steve Lowe, lead landscape
architect since 1994 in the continued rehabilitation of the island; Peter
Dessauer, Historical Architect, project manager for all the flood recovery
projects on Virginius Island; Dennis Ebersole, Roads and Trails Supervisor;
Kurt Amacher, Buildings and Grounds Supervisor; Mia Parsons, Archeologist,
lead investigator; and John Ravenhorst, principal surveyor.

The rehabilitation work was completed by the maintenance staff from Harpers
Ferry National Historical Park, staff from the Institute for Preservation
Training, and staff from the Historic Preservation Training Center (HPTC).
HPTC completed the majority of the structural ruins rehabilitation and
included the leadership of the following: Tom McGraff, Doug Hicks, Chris
Robinson, Scott Jones, Tom Vitanza, and Paul Neidinger.

Without the support of the HAFE management, this project would not have
been possible. They include Don Campbell, Park Superintendent; Tim Fox,
Chief of Maintenance; Bill Hebb, Natural Resource Manager, Chief of Interpretation,
Matt Graves, and the former Chief's of Interpretation and Cultural Resources
Dennis Frye and Bruce Noble.

Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, Coordinator of the National Park Service
Historic Landscape Initiative served as the general editor of this Current
and also authored the annotated bibliography. Mark Oviatt (.oviatt media)
designed the Current. Other reviewers included NPS colleagues Kay D. Weeks,
HAFE staff Don Campbell, Peter Dessauer, Steve Lowe, Dave Gilbert and
Matt Graves.